Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 9: First-Order Differential Equations - Section 9.2 - First-Order Linear Equations - Exercises 9.2 - Page 538: 32

Answer

$y=(\dfrac{2}{5x}+cx^{4})^{-(1/2)}$

Work Step by Step

On comparing the equation $x^2y'+2xy=y^{3}$ with Bernoulli with $n=3$ Consider $p=y^{1-(3)}=y^{-2}$ Then $\dfrac{dy}{dx}=(\dfrac{-1}{2})(p^{-3/2}P\dfrac{dp}{dx}$ or, $\dfrac{dp}{dx}-\dfrac{4p}{x}=-\dfrac{2}{x^2}$ The integrating factor is: $I=e^{\int (\frac{-4}{x})dx}=x^{-4}$ $\int [px^{-4}]'=(-2) \int (x^{-6}) dx$ $\implies p=\dfrac{2}{5x}+cx^{4}$ Hence, $y^{-2}=\dfrac{2}{5x}+cx^{4} \implies y=(\dfrac{2}{5x}+cx^{4})^{-(1/2)}$
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